I've published over 100 books - and that is divided about 50/50 adult and young adult. Lately, I have been writing more YA, which is such a great genre to write it. I don't have a favourite (I usually say it's the last book I've written), but certain books do stick in the mind. My very first YA novel, The Children of Lir, will always be special to me, and, of course The Alchemyst because it was a series I'd wanted to write for ages.

What you call magic is nothing more than an act of the imagination fired by the senses, then given shape by the power of your aura.

The people that you work with are, when you get down to it, your very best friends.

He came to a decision and looked at Dagon before climbing into the car. "Find the Disir." Dagon stiffened, showing a rare sign of emotion. "Is that wise?" he asked. "It is neccessary.

But magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses.

The day we stop learning is the day we die.

There is always something to see, if you only know how to look.